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Today is what it looks like when the rooster comes home to roost. Some blame tariffs. Some blame U.S. President Donald Trump and his obsession with making Canada the 51st state. They should, because it’s true. But U.S. exceptionalism was siphoning investment, talent, and opportunity long before Nov. 5, 2024, fuelled by AI and controlled by a few powerhouse firms with front-row seats at the presidential inauguration.
What if we responded to tariffs by increasing port productivity—raising capacity from 350 million to 400 million tonnes or boosting trade from $200-billion to $225-billion per year? What would be the unit cost of moving one tonne of cargo through the port? What kind of integrated system across government and the private sector would it take to achieve this? Where do we boost manufacturing to fill these containers? And how much of Transport Canada’s $4.
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